Challenging the Constitutionality of N.J.’s Anti-Fusion Laws
In New Jersey and other states, anti-democratic extremism and polarization are rapidly accelerating. Fusion voting is the off-ramp we need to break this cycle.
July 20, 2022
Without Fusion Voting, It’s an Uphill Climb for Independents Like Missouri’s John Wood
It doesn’t have to be this way. Missouri and dozens of other states could bring back fusion voting, which was lawful and practiced nationwide throughout the 1800s.
July 14, 2022
The Authoritarian Playbook
How reporters can cover and distinguish threats from politics-as-usual
June 15, 2022
Will the Utah Senate Race Break the Partisan Doom Loop?
Evan McMullin and Utah Democrats are reviving an old American tradition: fusion voting.
May 11, 2022
Advantaging Authoritarianism: How the U.S. electoral system favors extremism
The U.S. electoral system is uniquely advantaging authoritarian actors and behaviors. Electoral reform can help shift incentives and outcomes.
January 10, 2022
Beyond Lawyers and Technocrats
Democracy will not be saved through strictly legal or technocratic interventions. Rather, its redemption requires a diverse coalition.
December 13, 2021
How to Secure American Democracy
Any strategy to repair and secure America’s teetering democracy must begin with a clear analysis of the causes of our predicament.
September 15, 2021
How to End America’s Partisan Meltdown
Americans must be just as dedicated to maintaining and upholding the integrity of our democratic system as they are to advancing their partisan interests.
September 14, 2021
Can Democracy Survive Racism as a Strategy?
Race-class fusion politics frames racial conflict as a divide-and-conquer strategy that threatens us all, people of every race and across the broad economic spectrum.
August 27, 2021
The Democracy Endgame
In this essay and discussion series, scholars propose medium and long-term strategies to protect and rebuild American democracy.
July 9, 2021